When I was in my second year sober I realized that binge drinking, for me, had become a defense mechanism I am vulnerable in my job. I sit on a stage with 40 to 80 people and perform for hundreds, or thousands, depending on the program. Sometimes I play completely alone in my orchestra and
It wasn’t long ago that I could not imagine doing all the things I do as a mom and a professional without opening a bottle of wine every evening. I knew that I was drinking too much but I didn’t know how to juggle everything that I took on without the lift of the first
The first time I was flabbergasted, enraged, disgusted, infuriated, by a toxic alcohol marketing campaign I was three months sober and newly grateful to be finally free of the incessant need to drink my nights away. I stumbled over a website for a wine that was marketed to women and started reading their blog. The
They say that growth is painful and it’s true It does hurt to open your mind to change and to growth It’s hard work and requires daily discipline and courage to expose yourself But if I had a choice of ten years of life in the dull , dark place I was five years ago
Most of us are addicted to alcohol on some level when we decide to stop drinking. We may not be physically dependent but we are most likely neurologically addicted. Even with weekend binge drinking, it is possible to become neurologically addicted. If you drink routinely at a similar time under similar circumstances, your brain will
